Summer benches...

Henry Valentine - Hyde Park, London

Smelling the Sea Air - Brighton

William Drummond's Bench, Hawthornden, Scotland

Careful not to slip though, it's a long way down to the River Esk...

LA Bench

My friend, the writer Shaun Levin, sends this bench from LA. Love how it has everything you need to hand.

Birth bench...

It's more normal to see benches celebrating someone who has died, but this bench in Tunbridge Well's Dunorlan Park commemorates a happier memory...

New York Designer Benches...

A story from the New York Times... Would love to see these.

Spring bench

Gaudi's Barcelona Benches!

With thanks to Mary and Richard Atkinson!

Nickname bench - with snow